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ArticleImmunity2026

Antibody-mediated feedback modulates interclonal competition in the germinal center.

Alexandru Barbulescu, Jana Bilanovic, Tom Langelaar, A Katharina Teetz, Linas Urnavicius, Alvaro Hobbs, Jin-Jie Shen, Nadine H Abrahamse, Renan V H de Carvalho, Luka Mesin and 3 more

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Article in Immunity, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Alexandru BarbulescuLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA; Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, New York, NY, USA.
Jana BilanovicLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Tom LangelaarLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA; The University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
A Katharina TeetzLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA; Institute of Immunology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Linas UrnaviciusLaboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Alvaro HobbsLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Jin-Jie ShenLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Nadine H AbrahamseLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA; The University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Renan V H de CarvalhoLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Luka MesinLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Cecilio L FerreiraLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Juliana BortolattoLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Gabriel D VictoraLaboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: victora@rockefeller.edu.

Funding

Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering MST ProgramT32GM007739 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI HSU, KATHARINE C · 1985 to 2023
$51.1M
Dynamics of Antigen-Driven Selection in Germinal CentersR01AI119006 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI Gabriel D Victora · 2017 to 2026
$5.7M
Defining the role of T cell help in germinal centers by intercellular enzymatic labelingR01AI173086 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI Gabriel D Victora · 2022 to 2026
$4.0M
Molecular control of germinal center selection and affinity maturationR01AI139117 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI Gabriel D Victora · 2018 to 2026
$3.9M
Inferring the rules of antibody evolution using replicated germinal centersR01AI180451 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI Gabriel D Victora · 2024 to 2026
$2.4M
Investigating the Effect of Antibody Mediated Feedback on B Cell Clonal SelectionF30AI157448 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI BARBULESCU, ALEXANDRU · 2021 to 2024
$209k
Uncovering immune network principles driving humoral immunity in inflammatory conditionsF99CA305580 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI Jana Bilanovic · 2025 to 2026
$101k
NCI NIH HHS F99 CA305580NIAID NIH HHS F30 AI157448NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI119006NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139117NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI173086NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI180451NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007739Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies generated by prior immune responses regulate B cell activation and germinal center (GC) access upon recall immunization. Here, we examined how antibodies produced by an ongoing immune response influence the outcomes of contemporaneous GCs. We developed a mouse model in which expression of the diphtheria toxin receptor from the Prdm1 locus is conditional on tamoxifen-dependent removal of a floxed stop cassette, enabling specific ablation of plasma cells (PCs) and antibodies elicited by an antigen of interest without affecting prior responses. Whereas antibody-mediated feedback was not required for affinity maturation, it modulated competition between B cells with different epitope specificities, specifically by reducing the abundance of clones that recognized the same epitopes as plasma cell-derived soluble antibodies. This form of feedback represents a mechanism by which antibodies can shape epitope specificity in ongoing GCs, with implications for our understanding of immunodominance and for vaccine design strategies aimed at steering GCs toward desired epitopes on complex antigens.

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B-LymphocytesCell CompetitionGerminal CenterPlasma CellsAnimalsAntibody FormationEpitopesFeedback, PhysiologicalLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPositive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1EpitopesPositive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1Prdm1 protein, mouseantibody-mediated feedbackB cellgerminal centerinfluenza hemagglutininplasma cell

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PMID41742422
PMCPMC13036807

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